VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2012-1936

medium
Published 2012-05-03 · Modified 2026-04-29
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
7.8

Description

The wp_create_nonce function in wp-includes/pluggable.php in WordPress 3.3.1 and earlier associates a nonce with a user account instead of a user session, which might make it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks on specific actions and objects by sniffing the network, as demonstrated by attacks against the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php and wp-admin/user-new.php scripts. NOTE: the vendor reportedly disputes the significance of this issue because wp_create_nonce operates as intended, even if it is arguably inconsistent with certain CSRF protection details advocated by external organizations

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-18791 webapps php
Ivano Binetti · 2012-04-27

WordPress Core 3.3.1 - Multiple Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerabilities

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
wordpress wordpresswordpress{"endIncluding":"3.3.1"}
wordpress wordpresswordpress1.0
wordpress wordpresswordpress1.0.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress1.0.2
wordpress wordpresswordpress1.1.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress1.2
wordpress wordpresswordpress1.2.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress1.2.2
wordpress wordpresswordpress1.2.3
wordpress wordpresswordpress1.2.4
wordpress wordpresswordpress1.2.5
wordpress wordpresswordpress1.3
wordpress wordpresswordpress1.3.2
wordpress wordpresswordpress1.3.3
wordpress wordpresswordpress1.5
wordpress wordpresswordpress1.5.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress1.5.1.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress1.5.1.2
wordpress wordpresswordpress1.5.1.3
wordpress wordpresswordpress1.5.2
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.0
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.0.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.0.2
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.0.4
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.0.5
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.0.6
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.0.7
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.0.8
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.0.9
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.0.10
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.0.11
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.1.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.1.2
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.1.3
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.2
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.2.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.2.2
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.2.3
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.3
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.3.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.3.2
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.3.3
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.5
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.5.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.6
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.6.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.6.2
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.6.3
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.6.5
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.7
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.7.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.8
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.8.1
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wordpress wordpresswordpress2.8.3
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.8.4
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.8.5
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.8.5.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.8.5.2
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.8.6
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.9
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.9.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.9.1.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.9.2
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.0
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.0.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.0.2
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.0.3
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.0.4
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.0.5
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.0.6
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.1.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.1.2
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.1.3
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.1.4
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.2
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.2.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.3

References

CWEs

CWE-352

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.